Sam Farr

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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California
In office
June 8, 1993 –January 3, 2017

Samuel Sharon Farr [1] (born July 4, 1941) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 17th (1993–2013) and 20th congressional districts (2013–17). He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime Democratic Rep. Leon Panetta resigned to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. On November 12, 2015, he announced his retirement from Congress after the 2016 elections. [2]

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Early life and education

Farr was born in San Francisco, the son of Janet Emerson (née Haskins) and Frederick Sharon "Fred" Farr. One of his maternal great-grandfathers was acting mayor of Los Angeles William Hartshorn Bonsall, and one of his paternal great-great-grandfathers was the brother of Nevada Senator William Sharon. [3] He grew up in Carmel, where he still lives. His father was a California state senator from 1955 to 1967. [4]

Farr was educated at Willamette University, Santa Clara University and the Monterey Institute of International Studies. He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity from Willamette University.

Early career

Peace Corps service

Farr joined the Peace Corps in 1964 and served for two years as a volunteer in Colombia. He spent his time in a poor barrio near Medellin, teaching community development skills. [5]

While he was serving in Colombia, Farr's mother died from cancer. Following her death, his father visited with Farr's sisters. While riding horses, one of his sisters (Nancy), was thrown and hit her head. She died on the operating table in a Colombian hospital. [6]

Since his Peace Corps service ended, Farr has visited Colombia often. He went there for his honeymoon and has returned several other times for both personal and official business. During a trip in 2007, Farr spoke in front of the Colombian Congress and was awarded the Orden del Congreso de Colombia. [7]

State and local political career

Farr's public service career began in the California Assembly, where he worked as a staffer on budget issues for a decade. In 1975, he ran for and won a seat on the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. [6]

In 1980 he was elected to the California State Assembly, where he became a champion for the organics industry and wrote one of the country's strictest oil spill liability laws. He served in the Assembly until his election to Congress in 1993. [ citation needed ]

U.S. House of Representatives

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Earlier photo of Congressman Farr
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Representative Farr shaking hands with Speaker of the House Tom Foley during his swearing in ceremony

Farr was elected to the House of Representatives in 1993 through a special election when former Congressman Leon Panetta resigned to become President Clinton's budget director, defeating Republican Bill McCampbell with 52 percent of the vote. Farr was elected to his first full term in 1994, defeating McCampbell again with 52 percent of the vote. Both contests were the closest in the district since Panetta claimed the seat for the Democrats in 1977, and to date are the only times since then that a Republican has crossed the 40 percent mark. The district quickly reverted to form, and Farr was reelected ten more times with no substantive opposition, never dropping below 64 percent of the vote.

Legislation

Caucus work

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Sam Farr meets with Jack O'Neill

Farr is active in several congressional caucuses, including the House Oceans Caucus, the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, the Congressional Bike Caucus, the Congressional Organic Caucus, the International Conservation Caucus, and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus. [10]

He serves as co-chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus with Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Florida). Farr has taken an active role in supporting the travel industry, boosting membership in the caucus to more than 100 and hosting caucus events, including a June 2008 gathering of travel executives and congressional leaders, the Economic Roundtable: Travel's Significance to the U.S. Economy. [11] [12]

Farr is also active as co-chair of the House Oceans Caucus, which he co-chairs with four other members of Congress. Each year the caucus helps sponsor Capitol Hill Oceans Week, known as CHOW, which draws hundreds of ocean experts from across the country. He is also co-chair of the Congressional Organic Caucus and the Unexploded Ordnance Caucus.

Other leadership positions

Farr serves on the House Democracy Assistance Commission, a group established by the House of Representatives mandated to work with emerging democracies throughout the world. The group engages in "peer-to-peer cooperation to build technical expertise in partner legislatures that will enhance accountability, transparency, legislative independence, access to information, and government oversight." [13]

Farr is also the former chairman of the California Democratic Congressional Delegation, the largest state delegation in Congress.[ citation needed ]

Committee assignments

Political positions

Domestic issues

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Farr during the 111th Congress

Foreign Affairs

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comment

On February 26, 2008, at the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Farr said "the public image of (the ICE agents)" has become "not (a) compassionate law enforcement agency but essentially a Gestapo-type agency that is knocking down doors" [20] when conducting raids on illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Julie Myers responded to Farr's comments by saying, "We are not the Gestapo. The men and women of this agency have a very difficult job...and I think they do that with distinction and great honor.". [21] Farr replied that he knew and appreciated this, but reiterated that there is "there is a very ill will public opinion in the counties (he) represent(s), about ICE".

H.Res. 333

(L-R) Congressman Farr and Luci Baines Johnson at the Bixby Creek Bridge in 2015 Congressman Sam Farr and Luci Baines Johnson.jpg
(L-R) Congressman Farr and Luci Baines Johnson at the Bixby Creek Bridge in 2015

On July 12, 2007, Farr joined 11 cosponsors of H.Res. 333, introduced in Congress, that lays out three articles of impeachment against Vice President Dick Cheney. The bill maintains that the vice president purposely manipulated the intelligence process to deceive the citizens and Congress of the United States (1) by fabricating a threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and (2) about an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda in order to justify the use of the United States Armed Forces against the nation of Iraq in a manner damaging to our national security interests and (3) that Cheney has openly threatened aggression against the Republic of Iran absent any real threat to the United States.

"Many residents in the Central Coast support the removal of Cheney from office, and I am proud to represent their values in Congress," Farr said in a brief statement. [22]

Awards

On July 30, 2007, Farr received the Senator David Pryor Special Achievement Award for his ongoing advocacy for communities with military bases presented by the Association of Defense Communities. The award is given to an individual who advocates for communities with active or closed military bases. "Communities with active or closed military bases face many special concerns, from land use to economic development to ordnance disposal," said Farr. "I have been lucky enough to assist in the transition efforts at Fort Ord, and that experience has helped me push those issues locally and nationwide." As vice-chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Farr successfully increased clean-up funds from $221 million to $271 million for military bases closed prior to 2005.

Personal life

He is married to Shary and has one daughter, Jessica.

Electoral history

California State Assembly District 28 election, 1980 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr 67,770 53.3
Republican Ann Welchner48,00137.7
Peace and Freedom Michael G. Zaharakis6,2945.0
Libertarian Donald E. Atkinson5,0734.0
Total votes127,138 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 28 election, 1982 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 78,534 71.1
Republican Peter Cost31,97328.9
Total votes110,507 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 28 election, 1984 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 94,612 72.9
Republican Lester Rate35,23527.1
Total votes129,847 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 28 election, 1986 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 75,112 72.1
Republican Jeff Bosshard29,02527.9
Total votes104,137 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 28 election, 1988 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 102,654 70.8
Republican James L. Skillicorn42,28329.2
Total votes144,937 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 28 election, 1990 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 80,558 71.5
Republican West W. Walker32,09728.5
Total votes112,655 100
Turnout  
Democratic hold
California State Assembly District 27 election, 1992 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr 101,695 60.7
Republican Susan Whitman58,87335.1
Peace and Freedom David Lucier7,0504.2
Total votes167,618 100
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican
17th Congressional District of California Special election (round 1), April 13, 1993 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr 23,600 25.8
Democratic William W. Monning17,05018.6
Democratic Barbara Shipnuck12,98214.2
Republican Bill McCampbell 10,911 11.9
Republican Jess Brown9,36010.2
Republican Bob Ernst5,1265.6
Democratic Martin Vonnegut2,9853.3
Republican Barbara Honegger1,8552.0
Democratic Lancelot C. McClair1,4131.5
Republican John J. Shaw9271.0
Republican Carl Cieslinkowski6960.8
Republican Stephen Henderson6680.7
Republican Tom Shannon6560.7
Libertarian Richard J. Quigley 411 0.5
Democratic Shelley Reinisch4110.5
Democratic Kyle Samuels3940.4
Republican Darrin Smolinski3610.4
Green Kevin Gary Clark 323 0.4
Republican Louis Darrigo3180.3
American Independent Jerome N. "Jerry" McCready 293 0.3
Democratic Ed Frey2570.3
Independent Peter James 164 0.2
Independent James Ogle 120 0.1
Democratic Richard H. Kraus1010.1
Democratic Art Dunn1000.1
Democratic Jack Mitchener850.1
Independent W. Gene Humphrey (write-in)30.0
Total votes91,570 100.00
Turnout  
17th Congressional District of California Special election (round 2), June 8, 1993 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr 53,675 52.3
Republican Bill McCampbell43,77442.6
American Independent Jerome N. "Jerry" McCready1,6891.7
Green Kevin Gary Clark1,2261.2
Libertarian Richard J. Quigley9480.9
Independent Peter James9430.9
Independent James Ogle4440.4
Independent Tom Shannon (write-in)330.0
Total votes102,732 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1994 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 87,222 52.2
Republican Bill McCampbell74,38044.5
Green E. Craig Coffin5,5913.3
Total votes167,193 100
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican
United States House of Representatives elections, 1996 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 115,116 58.9
Republican Jess Brown73,85637.8
Natural Law John Black6,5733.3
Total votes195,545 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 1998 [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 103,719 64.5
Republican Bill McCampbell52,47032.7
Libertarian Rick Garrett2,7911.7
Natural Law Scott R. Hartley1,7101.1
Total votes160,690 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2000 [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 143,219 68.7
Republican Clint Engler51,55724.7
Green E. Craig Coffin8,2154.0
Libertarian Rick S. Garrett2,5101.2
Reform Larry Fenton2,2631.0
Natural Law Scott R. Hartley9960.4
Total votes208,760 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2002 [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 101,632 68.1
Republican Clint Engler40,33427.1
Green Ray Glock-Grueneich4,8853.2
Libertarian Jascha Lee2,4181.6
independent (politician) Alan Shugart (write-in)270.0
Turnout 149,296
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2004 [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 148,958 66.8
Republican Mark Risley65,11729.2
Green Ray Glock-Grueneich3,6451.7
Peace and Freedom Joe Williams2,8231.2
Libertarian Joel Smolen2,6071.1
independent (politician) David Mauricio Munoz (write-in)750.0
Turnout 282,941
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2006 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 120,750 75.9
Republican Anthony R. DeMaio35,93222.5
independent (politician) Jeff Edward Taylor (write-in)2,6111.6
Total votes163,293 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2008 [39]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 168,907 73.9
Republican Jeff Taylor59,03725.9
independent (politician) Peter Andresen (write-in)6820.2
Total votes228,626 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2010 [40]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr 118,734 66.7
Republican Jeff Taylor53,17629.9
Green Eric Peterson3,3971.9
Libertarian Mary Larkin2,7421.5
independent (politician) Ronald Kabat (write-in)900.0
Total votes178,139 100.00
Turnout  
Democratic hold
United States House of Representatives elections, 2012 [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sam Farr (incumbent) 172,996 74.1
Republican Jeff Taylor60,55625.9
Total votes233,552 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold

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